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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Email Administrator" <vincenttseng@light-era.com.tw>
Reply-To: rolandbest157@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 05:16:13 +0000
Subject: Your Email capacity is filled Upgrade Now !!!


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lso be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, please notify the se=
nder immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it=
for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Any views=
expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where=
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Please be advised
that this email message (including any attachments) contains confidential
information and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended rec=
ipient,
please destroy this message and all attachments from your system and do
not further collect, process, or use them. Light Era Development Co., Ltd
shall not be liable for the improper or incomplete transmission of the
information contained in this email nor for any delay in its receipt or dam=
age
to your system. If you are the intended recipient, please protect the
confidential and/or personal information contained in this email with due
care. Any unauthorized use, disclosure or distribution of this message in
whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Also, please self-inspect
attachments and hyperlinks contained in this email to ensure the informatio=
n
security and to protect personal information.=20

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